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Poetic Connections to “The Gravel Pit”

As a material engagement with poetry, formal play with the presentation of words on the page or screen adds meaning to the language. With the following poems, previously published in Canadian Literature, ask yourself how the presentation of the words adds to or alters how you understand them in some way. How does the form not just mimic, but add to, the construction of meaning?

Consider comparing and contrasting the use of page space in The Gravel Pit with one of the following poems: